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CJIXCAGO Chic.g. Office rGROUP iHBY¶ÉOWEit SUBSCIPTioN $z FER YEAR SiNGLE COPIES 5 CENT Ail communications. and contribution& intended for publi- cationi must bear the 'name antd addreti, of the author, flot necessatily for publication, but for our'files. Such material muet reach thé éditer by Tuesday noon ta be in'time'for, the currentissue. Wi~DANGERS tA regional cneec on the Cause and Cure of' War i8 to be held in Chicago on February 1 and 2. Many north shore women are interested. in. this cogference, whichý is expected to bring together, 1morn e, four hundred memibers of the com.mittee f rom Illinois, Iowa. Minnesota, .Wisconsin. North Dakota and South Dakota. It is asserted that, while the general theme of> the conference will bc study of the danger of war, due to present-day international relations, and the prOPer methods to avert war, there 15 to be a total absence of ideaUistie dreaming and, impractical. and impossible programs. The objective, it is said, i5 to discover a way of preventing war, and uiot ta waste tirne and energy ini useless açtiviies. Conference delegates are drawn from a large, ûvimber of civic and patriotic organizations whose mueiberships are convinced that war cani'be outmoded through an intelligent application of preventive nacas- kiures. To discover and promnulgate those mensure. is the duty of the conference. of three official organizations now prepaning te ad-. vance tapon Springfield with a demand for legisla- tion that wi11 straighten out the kinks and bring inuch needed remedies to existing laws. 1 he three organizations active in this endeavor' are the Tri-County School Boards association, thé Illinois School Board association, and the Illinois State Teachers' association. They are appealing te non-educational organizations-sucli as women's clubs, anm's organizations. Anerican Légzion posts and the governor's plan. It is highly desirable that civic organizations throughout the state get behind the prograin as now formed, and give to the officiai. organizations the assistance requested. HOPE FOR MOTORIST Aresolution presented to, the, Board of County Commissiôners by. William Busse of Des Plaipes, mniber of the board from the country toWns, and adopted by that' body, provides for an eqitable reduction in, motor vehicle, license^ fees. In explanation' of the resolution, Mr. Busse re- views the sixty million dollar. bond issue under Governor Lowden, and the one bundred million dollar issue under Governor Small, both for. the purpose of contructing bard-surfgaced roads. At that time taxpayers were assured that automobile qwners would be .willing ta pay for the bonds and interest out of license fees. It now appears, accord- ngto'Mr. Busse, that the automobile licexase fées aniount to twice the sum required annually to pay interest and retire the bonds. Therefore, lie reasons, there sbould, be a substantial reduction ini the sum charged the motorist for the privilege of driving his car over the roads for which he is more tban paying. Mr. Busse directs attention to the f act that ini 1929 a tax of 3 cents per gallon was placed on gasoline in addition to the license fée, and that these two sources bring. in a revenue of forty-eight mil- lion dollars each year, or 37.8 per cent of the entire state revenue.,.Mr. Busse contends that witb a reduc- tien in both the gasoline tax and the license fee there would lie an enormous increase in registrations and gasoline consumption. Attention is directed té the fact that twenty-one states bave recently reduced license fees, and several have reduced the gasoline tax, with that very result. California and Georgia now exact but $3 per year foi license plates. The resolution is directed to Governor Horner and to the state legisiature, with the suggestion. that immediate action lie taken to affond this relief to the automobile owner. That relief is sorely needed is beyond question. Yeu by y ear the burden of state government lias- mann case souUUUVU ragiry aminai. -0eu'Il the net result of the prisoner's tra 'nsactions in the stock madcet.-wa5. profit or loss, the witness re- plied "loss." That is the, way it. usually is. Rude Chicago, police arrested a'bridegroom ast lie. was emerging from a. church . wedding, with hisý bride on bis, arm. (Heaven help us if this hap- pened: on the, northshôre.), More outof curiosity than expeictationof bene- fit, we listen e4 to a lbreadcast t'othier'nigtb the more or less well known Huey Long of Louisi- ana, and Washington' D. C., who is now inflicting upont the helpless ethera punishmient which it does neot deserve. Inw spite of serious difficulties of enunciation which must .be very trying to other Senators wbo are forced to listen te bis senate speeches. for long he~urs, the presidential candi-' date waded through a haîf- hour spiel in which he lana. basted the Preuident and lhe rich peoàple, appealing to his hearers to help him ucrape the money off the top of the piles pôssessed by those.. who should not have themn and give .them to those who shoulci have themn but have nlot got them. But what gave us a shock was the King- flsh's threat that the rich must eitber give up thei.r ill-gotten gains or accept hlm as president of the United States. Take your choice, hie says. So, considering poverty iineasureably prefer- able to the alternative, we have made arrange- ments te redistribute our wealth. The disburse- ment will take place in front of the Village hall at 10 o'clock of january 32. Line will foerm atý the right. No crowding, please. "Suburbs Watch Fast Trains Go H1y and Wonder," reads a headlin .e. So.that lu what th tremendous crowds we see congregated along the railroad tracks are doing. They're wondering. We retired Sundav niurht with a Ruff au or tw * * comb h we seec be forced by law. If this were olIs now closed could lie reopened. tww mysehool boards could main-, Admirai Byrd is packing his overniglit bag for a trip home. Heil find a "Welcome" mat at the doraIl right. pactiare.) "Typewriter Strike Ende<I," says a news item. Se? That means We will have to go to work agin Tu HNiO *Pmm